At Pentagon Christmas Service, Franklin Graham Praises “God of War”
Speaking at a “Christmas Worship Service” at the Pentagon on Wednesday, evangelist Franklin Graham celebrated that God is not just a God of love but also of hate and war.
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Rick Warren Tells African Evangelical Leaders They ‘must lead’ to Complete the Great Commission
Pastor Rick Warren emphasized Africa s central role in completing the Great Commission by the Church s 2,000th anniversary during his Wednesday address to the General Assembly of the Association of
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Texas Pastor, Former SBC President Jack Graham Wants to Defund ERLC | Baptist Press
PLANO, Texas (BP) – Texas pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention President Jack Graham says he believes the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission should be defunded. He made the comments on X the day after a 10 former SBC presidents released a letter expressing their support for the commission.
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Vineyard USA Threatens Duluth Vineyard with Dissociation amid Dispute over Handling of Sexual Abuse
The American arm of the Association of Vineyard Churches, Vineyard USA, has threatened leaders of the Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota, with dissociation if they fail to resolve a dispute over
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Prominent 82-Year-Old Pastor Douglas Jones to Face Judge for Sex Crime
Douglas P Jones, the longtime senior pastor of Welcome Missionary Baptist Church in Pontiac, Michigan, is expected to be arraigned before a Circuit Court Judge next Thursday, May 29, on a
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Memorial Day Flag Relay brings healing, encouragement and Gospel connections | Baptist Press
MOBILE, Ala. (BP) – First in Fallujah, Iraq, then in Djibouti, Africa, and finally Mobile, Alabama, the Memorial Day Flag Relay (MDFR) has been bringing encouragement and healing to active-duty servicemen, veterans and their families for 20 years.
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Pastor in Kyrgyzstan tortured, charged with ‘inciting enmity’
A church pastor in Kyrgyzstan facing possible conviction on Thursday (May 29) of ‘inciting enmity’ was struck with an iron pipe, kicked and received blows to his head and chest after his arrest in November, according to rights group Forum 18.
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Five Years after George Floyd’s Murder, Church Leaders Say Race Relations Face Retrenchment
‘We are honest about the conditions that we're facing, but we are not hopeless about what we're facing,' said Bishop W. Darin Moore of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
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Don’t Shut Down the ERLC, Say Former SBC Presidents in Open Letter
A group of prominent SBC leaders say the denomination's public policy arm still matters.
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‘We must teach truth that transforms’: African theologians call for contextual training models at Africa General Assembly
The 13th General Assembly of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) continued on Friday, May 23, with a compelling call for theological education in Africa to be both contextually relevant and widely accessible. Two leading educators, Dr. Daniel Kawata and Dr. Habtamu Umer, delivered keynote presentations urging evangelical leaders to radically rethink how they train pastors and equip church leaders across the continent.
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Counseling for Ministers’ Wives Offered at Annual Meeting | Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – Counseling for ministers’ wives will be offered for the first time this year at the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas to address trials often experienced in isolation given the unique roles of such women.
